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CHAPTER SEVIN: Organizing and Authority

Review and Discussion Questions

d$.$ The payroll department supervisor for a fire

Emily Sanford has just been promoted to supervisor of the salespeople in the gift department at a department store. Which of the following organizing activities is she likely to carry out?

a$.$ Scheduling her employees' work hours.

b$.$ Forming a team of her employees to work on a promotional event within the department.

c$.$ Helping decide the best location for a new branch of the department store.

d$.$ Assigning an employee to sit at the bridal registry desk.

c$.$ Determining whether the department store should launch its own line of products.

What might be the best structure for each of the following organizations?

a$.$ A three$-$person company that sells complete, prepackaged gourmet dinners to specialty grocery stores.

b$.$ A small organization that supplies antique cars to movie studios.

c$.$ A manufacturer of windows, with offices in Toronto, Seattle, Miami, and Chicago.

What special attributes must supervisors have to be successful in some of the new types of organizational structures?

Which of the following supervisors have primarily line authority? Which have staff authority?

a$.$ The production supervisor at a publishing company, who is responsible for getting books typeset and printed.

b$.$ The housekeeping supervisor at a hospital.

c$.$ The word$-$processing supervisor at a law firm. more decentralized. Typically, this change involves eliminating middle$-$management jobs and sharith those at lower levels of the more control How do you think this affects the role of supervisors in those organizations?

Does someone with authority always have power? Does a person whe Explain. have authority? Expe

What are the steps in the process of organizing? How would they apply to the manager of an Olive Garden restaurant who needs to schedule employees? Explain

Describe each of the following principles of organizing:

a$.$ Parity principle.

b$.$ Unity of command.

c$.$ Chain of command.

A production supervisor at a company that makes eco$-$friendly cleaning supplies learns about the factors that should influence the span of control. The supervisor believes that his own span of control is too large for him to supervise effectively. Is there anything a person in his position can do$?$ If not, explain why. If so$,$ suggest what he can try.

Harry Jamison, CPA, is planning to set up a business to prepare tax returns. Harry is the only person in the business, at least for now. Can he delegate any work? Should he$?$ Explain.

What steps do you think a supervisor who is reluctant to delegate could take to overcome this discomfort?